1930s Stetson Montecristi Optimo Panama Hat

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This vintage hat was made in the 1930s by the John B Stetson company from a high quality Equadorian Panama hat body and was sold by The Coop, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is blocked with an Optimo crown, and sports a backwoven brim edge. The 1930s Stetson size tag is heavily faded but reads 1/8, though it measures out to a size seven.

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1960s H Bar C western suit

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This vintage suit was made between 1962 and about 1965 by H bar C Ranchwear. It is made of a dark green sharkskin, with narrow lapels and understated yoking front and back. The pants have western style pockets and beltloops and pearl snaps on the rear pockets.

Chest (pit to pit): 20″ (doubled = 40″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 16″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

Side to side: 15-1/2″ (doubled = 31″)
Outseam: 39-1/2″
Inseam: 29″
Rise: 10-1/2″

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1930s deadstock swimsuit

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This vintage bathing suit was made in the 1940s. It is made of blue wool with a drawstring waistband, considered sleeker and sportier at the time than the belted models. It still has the original size tag and care tags attached to the suit.

Waist (unstretched) – 12″ (doubled = 24″)
Waist (stretched) – 18″ (doubled = 36″)
Side Seam – 10-1/2″
Rise – 15″

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1930s Canvas Backpack

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made in the 1930s. It is made of canvas, with taped seams, heavy webbing straps, riveted to the bag, and with a buckle closure on one side to make taking the bag off and putting it on easier. There is a zippered pocket with an early style round hole Talon zipper, a re-tooling of earlier Hookless dies. The name Robert Brunelle is written inside the top of the bag.

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1940s Thermo Knit sweater

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This vintage sweater was made by thermo and bears a silkscreened satin patch with a winged horsehead and the letters N A F H.

Chest (pit to pit): 18″ (doubled = 36″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 14-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 20-1/2″

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1960s Mod Tweed hacking jacket

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This vintage tweed jacket was made in the 1960s by Brookfield Clothes for Buttreys. It is a mod cut, with a four button front, square cutaway, buttoned down lapels, wide collar, ticket pocket flap and long vent. The jacket has a wild half-lining. Very British Invasion rock and roll!

Chest (pit to pit): 20-1/2″
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″

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1950s Korean War Moneybelt

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This vintage money belt was made in the 1950s. These were popular with US servicemen for keeping money and other personal objects safe. This one was used by a L.O. Lemon, and has a Japanese bell shaped zipper which takes stylistic cues from pre-war Talon zippers.

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1930s-1940s canvas moneybelt

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This vintage moneybelt was made in the 1930s-early 1940s. The style of pin-lock zipper with flat pull and symmetrical D shaped stops was more typical of mid-1930s manufacture, but from the period demand, I would guess this dates from the early part of WWII. It is made of canvas, with leather reinforcement and a selvedge webbing waistband.

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1920s goatskin leggings with Hookless zippers

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These vintage leggings were made in the 1920s, and are marked the Improved Standard Drawer Legging style 912, size 6. They are made of brown goatskin, with a side zipper. The zipper is an early production Hookless, produced before the patent numbers on the reverse, which, along with period advertisements for this style, would place the date of manufacture around 1924-1925. The separable bottomed zipper wasn’t invented at this point and wasn’t put into production by Hookless/Talon until early 1930. By that point, the strictly Hookless branded sliders, as found on these, had been phased out, replaced by Talon branded ones of the same shape. These leggings, of course, have the non-separable attached end, located at the calf. These are marked a size 6 and measure 4″ (8″ doubled) at the ankle, 6″ (12″ doubled) at the thigh, and 14-1/2″ long.

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